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Janet Fang
Janet Fang
Janet Fang has written for Nature, Discover and the Point Reyes Light. She is currently a lab technician at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University. She is based in New York.
Janet Fang
Janet does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn is a multimedia science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has corresponded for PRI's The World, Radiolab, Deutsche Welle's Living Planet, and a number of NPR affiliate stations. She also produces and hosts a podcast for the Mind Science Foundation. Previously, she performed neuroscience research at the University of Washington Autism Center and the Seattle VA Hospital.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Hot Posts
Archive: 03-2012
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Mining drug data reveals thousands of sneaky side effects
By trawling through FDA databases of drug effects using a new algorithm, Stanford researchers reveal thousands of previously unknown consequences of taking drugs together.
March 16, 2012, 3:07 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Male flies strike out with the ladies and hit the booze
Sex and alcohol appear to offer their rewards through the same system.
March 16, 2012, 11:19 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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A Facebook app that wants your blood
A new social media platform connects blood donors and those in need.
March 15, 2012, 6:21 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Help fund the science you want to see with PetriDish.org
The newly launched crowdfunding community connects researchers with private donors. For $50, you’ll be thanked in a scientific article, for $5,000, a new ant species will be named after you.
March 14, 2012, 3:34 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Warm days aren’t so sunny for people with MS
Just as many of us are looking forward to warmer months ahead, scientists are finding that higher temperatures can hinder the cognitive performance of people with multiple sclerosis.
March 14, 2012, 5:36 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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A look at prosthetics through the centuries
The London Science Museum has images of thousands of medical objects that span 3,000 years of history: from a female mummy’s prosthetic toe to a pair of gas-powered arms for a 12-year old boy.
March 13, 2012, 3:22 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Parent work environment linked to ASD
Researchers suggest a link between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and parental occupational exposures.
March 13, 2012, 5:15 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Human gamers outdo computers in genomics puzzle
Phylo is an online game that allows players to match up colored blocks corresponding to DNA sequences. Turns out, data from the game are untangling big problems in comparative genomics.
March 12, 2012, 9:59 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Gut cells can produce insulin
Columbia University researchers have found a possible new source of insulin for people with Type 1 diabetes: gastrointestinal cells.
March 12, 2012, 2:05 PM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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The health woes go beyond radiation effects
A year after the Fukushima earthquake, public health experts agree that radiation fears were overblown. Heart disease, depression, and being severed from standard medical care might be worse.
March 11, 2012, 10:57 PM PDT | By Janet Fang